Poultry-feeder.



J. G. SGHOTT.

POULTRY FEEDER.

APPLIGATION IIL Patented Apxz l, 1913.

'3 SHEETS-SHEET l,

G. CHUTT.

POULTRY FEE APPLICATION rum) MARE, 1-312v DER.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

2 SHEETS-$111121 2.

Ni EATON Home '60 ho per below the feed receptacle.

UNITED STATES rnTENT onnronp i l .iosarn o. scrro'rr, or oar cons, mam-ma Postwar-rem ss.

Speolflcatln iami-1 new. Patented A r. 15,1913.

Application filed ital-ch e, 1912. serial No. time.

- To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, Josnrn C. Sonorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicbr'a, in the county of-Butler and "State of 5 Pennsylvania, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry-Feeders, of which the following is a specifica- My invention is an improvement upon that form of poultry feeder in which a hop per or reservoir for the feed is provided with a conical bottom and an annular trough around the bottom into which the feed is allowed to gravitate, a little at a time,

through openings at the)bottofii'pa'rt of the hopper, and it consists n the novel-constructionand arrangement of parts oper-atin g upon this principleand possessing great ad vantages of simplicity, cheapness, ease of 2Q construction, accommodating sglvariety of difierent kinds of feed at the ame tune and :protectin it. from the weather and from 'mice an rats and irom spilling in case of being upset, as will belhegeinafter more 26 fully described .in' inwhich, Figure 1 is aside elevatmn, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sect n' on line 2-2 of Fi 3. Fig.3 is a vertical 'cena0 tral section emf, Figs. 4 and t are details of slight modifications of the screen throu h which the feed is allowed to fall into is e trough- #Similar letters of reference indicate the 85 same parts in all the" views.

In, the drawing A represents the outer casing of the hopper, circular in horizontal section and largest at the top, so' that the side walls hang outwardly at the top. This 40 casin is provided with a conical bottom D w os'e' up er end connects permanently with a centre vertical tube H, and the lower end of which conical bottom extends at D" outside of the circumference of the lower part of the-outer casing, E is a separate detachable base [plate of dish-shaped sheet metal which extends outsideof the loweredge of the conical bottom andforms an annular trough F running all around filhe 1S dis -shaped base plate is detachably held to the conical bottom of the feed hopper by a vertical centralrod I and a cast metal frame J of radial arms having a central hub ortion throu h which the lower end of rod passesand w ich rod below said frame even if the feed with refere'negto the drawbottom wire or other open wort of has an enlarged head is screw threaded at i and passesthrough a cover cap it for the central tube H and also through a screw threaded hole in a cross bar m which extends diametrically across the top of the tube H. Above this cross bar,

the screw threaded end of the rod I extends cent-rally through a. conical cover L whose depending flan snugly within t screw threaded end of rod upon it the screw threaded hole of a handle loop N which,;when turned tightly down, holds the cover L down so that it cannot .accidntallyrome oil to spill the contents hopper is upset. The rod e 'e at its outer edge fits e u per edge of theouter. casing A. Above t e conical cover L the I has screwed At the top the rod I I, it will be seen, clamps the subjacent frame E to the bottom of the feed hop er and also holds the feed hopper down by t 6 cross bar m and also holds the cover L down closed by the loop handle N. loop handle erforms the double of clamping J and base pan function for hanging it up whenit isdesired to suspendthe'same. It will be seen,

metal frame J extend out to the outer ed e of the bottom of the pan, so asto keep the latter from buckling or bendin down, and also to form a widely separate connection for su porting legs, hereafter described. In t e outer wall of the casing near the are arranged, around the same, a plurality of openings each of which is provided with a screen or rat-in C of woven atted, perforated or reticulated form. These openin and screens stop short of the bottoinof e hopper and overhang outwardly at their upper ends, in the plane'of the side wall, so that the feed material a within may'dro through the screen into the sub'acent tt'oug F whenever said feed materiai is jarred or its equilibrium is disturbed. These screens are made of-different size of mesh, as seen in' .to permit difl'erentkinds of Figs. 4 aud t, feed to-pass through the same and said screens are interchangeable and adjustable b means of vertical guide ways 0 0 along the sides-of the openings in the wall of the c p ens mayfi ing into which any one of the scre inserted or removed other. D

The body portion of the hopper is subdi- This own the coverand also form-- mg a handle for transporting the device and and replaced by analso, that. the outer ends ofthe' radial arms of the vided into ct mpartments by means of vertical partitions rranged radially, as shown in Fig. 2, and t e several compartments are adapted to receive difierent kinds of feed, the screens atthe bottoms of these com partments being selected and inserted to corres nd with the sizes and character of said di erent-kinds of food. These partitions B,

. however, are made detachable and may be 0 removed to throw two or more compart- .;ments into one, or remove them. altogether,-

a circularcanopy flange Gzwhichfextends a distance outwardly suificient to' overhang androtect the trough F from rain and fallting 1rt. a opermit thefeed device to be-su ported on the ground without' being fouled by dirt,

v theen "of the cast-metal radial arms J are forme withlsockets In to receive the tenons' of four legs -K which maybe removed when the device is hung u "In the operation 0? my try feeder, the

fowlsse'e'the feed throug the wire'screens 55 and, peikin at it, jar the same.soas to cause a smal quantity to :fall through the screen to the outside into the tro h-F where 'it is subsequently picked up by t em. The.

- openings closed by'the screens .do not ex- 40 tend uite to the bottom of thehopper so thatt ere'is no 'communicationfrom the hopper to the trough F except through the screen and as the screen han outwardl at-the to the feed readily si ts through it in limite quantitieswhenever jarred by the pecking of the fowls.

My feed be per will be manufactured from galvanized iron in different sizes, from small chick size up to a size holding from one' 'tojztwo bushels of feed. 'All the sheet mtal'partsaae-pressed and the lowerframe o'i' stan'd is cast and when the parts are all lbcke'dto ether by thecentral rod it is as tight an secure as if all were soldered to either. The screens are'made of a size of mesh to permit the passage of grain, beef scrap, gz'oundbon"e', -charcoal,- grit and oyster 'My-hopper is verysanitary, asno dirt,

eo dust, 'rainor any forelgn substance. can get into the feedgnor cahrats or mice get into it to soil or destroy the feed. It is alsoan ecanommal feeder as the chickens cannot waste or destroy the food by scratching it 5.5 out. upon the door or ground. The device is automatic in action and needs no attention after oncebeiii'g filled. It-also prevents the 'fowls from gorging themselves too fast, as only a limited amount'of'food can be taken The device maybe used either indoors or out of doors. If used indoors, it may be Hung from the ceiling or side wall, or set upon the floor, or be placed between or in partitions of difierent pens of birds, so that each can eat from the same hopper without intermingling'. ,It may also be 'made half round so as to'better'ada pt it'to'lie fiat against a wall if hung therea'gainst.

would state that I am aware that it. is rih't new to provide' feeding devices for llve bottom and o enings on the side through which'the fee passes through gratings into a subjacent and outwardly extending trough ,and I donot claim this broadly. The arrangement of the at'in' 'permits the easy'insertiom'or'rer'noval of the mterchangeabl'e gratings fiit the guides-c c from the top; but asthi's-ie'cd hop r is made -with said side wallsoverhangin outwardly pecking of the' fowls allowthe contents'to 1 all outwardly iin limited'quantit'y into the ,more, by connecting the rod-I'to the frame IJV with-radial'arms'; the pan E is held stifil'y. and strongly up to the conical bottom D and TE being separate from the conical bottom and hopper and held thereto by cross bar m, while cover L is retained by handle N. The

sockets of the pan] and'detachable le also below or suspended from above and at'the same time impart stillness to the whole construction.

I claim.-

1. A poultry feeder comprising a hopper largestat the top with conical bottom. and

radial arms of the lower frame being formed said sockets.-

at a timeand they have to work "for'that,

.In defining my invention more clearly, I

o su'b s'tautially in the plane of tre-si' es of the; conical hopper-shaped receptacle Anot' only at the top. said gratings'when jarred by the hopper-A without, solder with a cheapIdetachable ,knock down construction, the pan,

outlet feed openings in its side provided with gratings arranged substantially in the plane of the overhanging sides of the hopper, a

the conical-bottom of the. feed hopper and with sockets and detachable legs seated in stock in which ateed' hopper has an' inclined subjacent trough without wa'ste; Further;

allow the device to either be'support from e outer ends of the 2. A poultry feeder, comprising a hopper circular in cross section and largest at the top and having grated openings near the lower end of the side Wallsya conieal' bottom for said hopper having the, apex of the cone extended in the form of a vertical tube.

a subjacent pan extending beyond the coni cal bottom to form a' trough, a radial frame work below the pan, a clamping rod extend-- 111g through the frame, conical bottom and tube and screw threaded at its-upper end, a

cross piece having a screw threaded hole turned'upon the upper partofthe rod and bearing on the edges of the tube, a cover. for

the hopper and a second screw threaded fastening device turned on the rod above the cover. 7

3. A poultry feeder, comprising a conical bottom ahopper formed by side walls circular in horizontal section, and made largest at the top, said side walls being rigidly connccte'd to the conical bottom above its lower edge and provided with openings whose bottoms are vlocated above the lower edge of said side walls, gratings for said openings. a detachable pan fitting against the conical bottom, a frame work beneath the pan and a rod binding said detachable pan to the conical bottom and upper partof the hopperQ 4. A poultry f *edcr, comprising a hopper circular in cross section, and liavlng a 'coni-' cal bottom and ha \-'ingopenings in its sides. above the conical bottom. provided .Wltl

gra ings, a subjaeent pan below the conical bottom. a frame below the pan, an'uprightrod extending through'the frame and coni-.

cal bottom, a central tube surrounding said rod, means-for securin the rodto the top of. the tube, vertical guide ways' fixed to the walls, and detachable partitions arranged in said guides.

. 5. A poultry feeder, comprising a hopper with conical bottom, a subjacen't sheet metal with the bottom of the pan and extending out to the outer edge ofthe pan and a rod binding the said 'frame to the hopper.

6. A poultry feeder, comprising a hopper the bottom ,of'the pan and extending out tothe outer edge of the pan and having sockets. on their lower sides at the outer ends, a rod detachable legs -inserted in thesockets at the outer ends of the radial arms.

7. A poultry feeder.comprising a hopper rod-to the hopperand theother-of which' holds the rod tothe cover. a

In testimony whereof I afl'ix my signature .in'presenee o't two witnesses. v

, JOSEPH-C. SCIIOTT.

'itnessesz- V Jo11N'l\I UnmN,-

central tube and the inside .of the hopper 4 pan, a frame with radial arms in contact 41 with conical bottom, a siibjacent sheet metal pan :1 frame with radial arms in contact with binding the said frame to the hopper and with conical bottom,-'a detachable sheet metal subjacent" pan, a-rigid 'fran ie member below 

